Is Islam Naturally Violent?

"There continues to be an ongoing debate in the West about whether the
Islamofascists are a perversion of Islam or the natural outgrowth of the
Koran’s teachings. Dr. Wafa Sultan, who was raised as a Muslim in Syria,
has, at risk to her life, expressed her view on the question on Al
Jazeera television. She recounted how, as a college student in 1979, she
witnessed members of the Muslim brotherhood kill one of her teachers and
said, “This was the turning point of my life.” Dr. Sultan said at that
point she began to read the Koran carefully and came to this conclusion:

“There are too many verses in the Koran which say you must kill those
who are non-Muslim; you must kill those who don’t believe in Allah and
his messenger. I started to ask: is this right? Is this human? All our
problems in the Islamic world, I strongly believe, are the natural
outcome of these teachings. Go open any book in any class in any school
in any Islamic country and read it. You will see what kind of teachings
we have: Islam tells its followers that every non-Muslim is your enemy.”

Hopefully moderate Muslims who want to bring their faith into the modern
world and make it compatible with human freedom and dignity will follow
Dr. Sultan’s courageous example."

From Gary Bauer, American Values